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THEN AND NOW THURSDAYS
Okay, so, this is a different flare to the normal Then and Now Thursday….but I couldn’t resist. Wait, maybe I should have saved it for the Friday Funnies, huh? I mean, check it out. Big hat, missing my two front teeth, oh, and that little shirt — what IS that anyway???
Yep, that’s me in the middle.
Puny, little, scrawny me. Can you see the two front teeth are missing?
I saw this while viewing the memorial DVD my step-dad, Ed, made for Grams’ funeral.
Yeah, this brought me to tears.
Of both laughter and sadness.
I guess that’s kind of what funerals are like, huh?
Memories that make you smile and sadness at what you will miss now that the person you cherish is gone.
This picture brought back fond memories of fishing with the grandparents, goofing around in the back yard until I could hardly stand I was so tired, and eating cake donuts.
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Have you ever stumbled across an old picture that brought you back in time?
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FRIDAY FUNNIES
Friday Funnies is a chance to share your wild and crazy stories. Whether it’s a personal story or just something that strikes you as funny. Let’s laugh and have some fun, but keep it clean, cuz I’m a watchin’ **wink wink**
Have you ever wished there was a cosmic rewind button so you could go back and do something different? Say something different?
In sixth grade, I had this sweet teacher named Ms. Simon. I remember two things about her… She was nice BUT strict. Yeah, well, I was kind of into the whole don’t-tell-me-what-to-do phase that year.
Yeah, so the class was going on a field trip but I can’t remember where. Most everyone was loaded onto the bus and I was the last to board. For some reason, Ms. Simon had ticked me off that day. Probably corrected me and my wonderfuly delightful attitude or something.
Anyway, as I was walking onto the bus, I was almost to the middle when I shouted out, “Jeez, Ms. Simon is driving me nuts.”
The kids started laughing.
Yeah, you can probably guess who was right behind me….Ms. Simon. Her hands were across her chest and her eyebrows raised. “Oh, I am, am I?”
Ugh, I was so embarrassed.
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So, any funny stories to share from the week? Or from whenever?
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FRIDAY FUNNIES
Friday Funnies is a chance to share your wild and crazy stories. Whether it’s a personal story or just something that strikes you as funny. Let’s laugh and have some fun, but keep it clean, cuz I’m a watchin’ **wink wink**
Have you ever been fishing? I sure have. Heck, every summer I’d spend a week up with Grandma and Grandpa and we’d go fishing, like, every day. We even used to ice fish in the winter. Now that was coooooold.
“The earlier the better,” my grandpa said.
We’d get up at the crack of dawn, drive to the one of Ten Thousand lakes in Minnesota and hop in the boat to troll for walleye. Or maybe drop a bobber for some sunny fish.
My grandpa taught me how to fish when I was little. I don’t even remember how old I was, but I’ve heard this story a few times and it cracks me up.
Grandpa and I were out in the boat. And I was a little energetic as a kid (still am for the most part)–well, when I saw my bobber plunge under the water…I let out a squeal that could have awoken the dead and jumped to my feet.
No, I didn’t tip over, but I think I scared every fish from the lake, except the one I snagged on my hook. But my poor grandpa was thinking I was going to tip the boat.
I wish I could say the little sunny I pulled out from the water was a whopper, but it wasn’t. I was just so stoked to see the bobber go under and feel that little tug on the line.
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So, what’s your funny story for today? Let’s laugh….it’s almost the weekend.
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